How To Install saytime on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install saytime on Ubuntu 18.04. saytime is speaks the current time through your sound card

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install saytime on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is saytime

saytime is:

Say the current time through your sound card. Requires you have a sound output device available.

There are three methods to install saytime on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install saytime Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install saytime using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install saytime

Install saytime Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install saytime using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install saytime

Install saytime Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install saytime using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install saytime

How To Uninstall saytime on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the saytime package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove saytime

Uninstall saytime And Its Dependencies

To uninstall saytime and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove saytime

Remove saytime Configurations and Data

To remove saytime configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge saytime

Remove saytime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove saytime configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge saytime

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install saytime package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.